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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Felt guilty about only writing for 5 minutes this morning but I’ve now done about 20 more minutes on editing draft 5. I’ll take that as a win. #writingcommunity #editing #writing

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Two substacks?! Woah, I’m on a roll. 😂 Don’t get mad when I stop posting in the summer (I really hope that won’t be true). #writingcommunity #writing #friendships aliciacbarneswrites.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

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The Truth About Friendships And Their Stickiness

I'm an introvert. I have some friends. It's hard.

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I have a notes app full of fun book ideas and the occasional confidence to believe I can pull them off😅😂 Let’s do this… at some point lol #writingcommunity

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Messy Fluffy Cat Looks Tired and Groggy

Alt: Messy Fluffy Cat Looks Tired and Groggy

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

In a writing spiral where I think my manuscript is hot garbage. A mess of plot and good intentions but it’s suffering due to my delusions and lack of any opinions from real readers. What do you do when you stumble onto this feeling? Fight back or retreat and watch a show? #writingcommunity

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER X SUCH A FUN AGE 🔪👄 Can Milly Washington, new mommy and all around good girl, kill her duplicitous ex-boss in his Chelsea mansion on a Sunday afternoon? With rage, determination and resilience fueling her, she’s certain she can do it. #questpit #A #T #Q

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER X SUCH A FUN AGE 👄👩🏾‍🦱🔪 When Milly Washington, a sleep deprived new mom, is blackballed by her former boss, she decides to get revenge and improve her financial circumstances by murdering him in his Chelsea mansion. #PosterPit #W #A #T

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Writing a book is like playing bingo with your emotions. One minute you’re pulling out a ball that makes you feel like a winner and five seconds later, it’s like you pulled the joker card #writingcommunity #editing

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I already knew writing a book was hard but everyday I discover something new on this journey. Anyone trying to get agents or just to have someone enjoy their work as a reader, I think it’s so important to be proud of yourself for trying. Writing really takes courage #writingcommunity #editing

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Making more edits to my thriller and trying not to get sucked into prose but it’s hard because I’ve seen enough videos to know it’s the last thing to work on. But how do you get past the facial expressions in a scene? I know I can get through it, I gotta #editing #writingcommunity

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Working hard to squeeze in daily edits to my book and I hope it shows. Right now I have no idea 😂 #writingcommunity #editing

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Completed reading through my draft and back in my editing flow. Querying this book in 2026 is the goal 🥅 #writingcommunity #drafting

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

So close to finishing a new draft rewrite of my book and I’m tempted by a new idea now 😂😅 #writingcommunity #editing #drafting

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Anyone want to beta for a beta in the genre of literary/contemporary fiction? #writingcommunity

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER X SUCH A FUN AGE 🔪💪🏾 Who’d ever think that motherhood would awaken your homicidal tendencies? Milly is loving. Rational. A new mom doing her best. She’s also planning to murder her ex-boss in his Chelsea mansion. Nothing could go wrong, right? #QuestPit #W #A #T

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Let the rewrite commence (said four days ago). It’s a wild time guys! #writingcommunity

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Sarah Vance-Tompkins @sarahvantom.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

NANCY MEYERS AESTHETICS x ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Hollywood rivals for the title of Queen of Rom Coms find themselves serendipitously drawn into solving murders while fighting the patriarchy and enjoying gin martinis and witty banter. #questpit #A #M #WF

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

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This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections:

1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads:
"How much would you pay to die with a smile?"
The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background.

2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word.

3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom: A novel by B. van Bodegom

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Kai 🐇 🏳️‍⚧️ is querying @kai-terin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Dowry of Blood x The Death of Jane Lawrence x Saltburn 🩸1975 small English town 🩸cursed vampiric witches 🩸queer obsession 🩸everyone's guilty (Original artwork by yours truly) #QuestPit #F #A #Q #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity

Image: a white hare sleeping in a golden frame with a black snake coiled around it
Title: The Dark Swan
Blurb: the witches are hungry, but Eddie Sharpe is famished...

Pitch: A cursed vampiric coven binds gentle, pliant Edmund Sharpe to lifelong servitude. He fights to keep his soul from the coven’s decay, but his shared obsession with their enforcer slowly erodes his morality. When his buried magic surfaces, Edmund wields the power to either destroy his captors or join their hunger to survive.

Mood. Quote: “I want you to crack my ribs open and sink your teeth into my heart, wrap your fingers around it and tear it loose so you could always carry me with you. I want to see it beat in your mouth before you swallow it whole.”

Comps: THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE by Caitlin Starling, THE DOWRY OF BLOOD by S.T. Gibson, THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS by Micah Nemerever, Saltburn (movie)

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Natali Crystal 🌟is QUERYING🌟 @ncrystalauthor.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Serpent & Dove X In the veins of the drowning 🐍 🌊 🌶️ Bloodbound to a ruthless hunter, surviving each other might be hardest task 🩸 🌴 Dark Caribbean Folklore - T&T 🇹🇹 😏 Forced Proximity 🔪 Enemies x Lovers 🌔 Ancient Monsters & Spirits #questpit #W #A #F #RF #H

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brittney is agented!🔮✨ @brittneyjoan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A plus-size baddie dog sits to survive after her ex leaves her with rent she can’t afford—then she meets a guy in the personal care aisle who’s everything her ex wasn’t: loyal, patient, and in desperate need of a dog sitter…which might just ruin her plan to swear off love forever🐾 #QuestPit #A #R #Q

Title page for an agent's guide to KNOW YOU BETTER, adult plus-size romcom. Green background, two character stock photos, photos in polaroids to of tattooed hand holding, a corgi + golden retriever, and a Red Wings game

"Know You Better" one-paragraph pitch: After her boyfriend of six years moves out and leaves her with rent she can’t afford, retail manager Sydney Bennett is barely hanging on—juggling long shifts and a side hustle dog-sitting for clients with the worst-behaved pets in Metro Detroit. When she meets Owen Sutton in the personal care aisle after a rant about two “demonic Pomeranians,” he’s instantly charmed—and in need of a sitter for his own, much better-behaved dogs. What starts as a business arrangement turns into something gentler and deeper: a slow-burning romance between two people still healing from betrayal. But as Sydney faces losing her apartment and Owen’s past betrayal comes back to haunt him, they’ll have to decide if the safety they’ve found in each other is worth risking their hearts for. On a green background with two stock images of the characters

A sample of writing on the left from Know You Better, as well as 4 images of comp titles, including their book covers and information. Savor It by Tarah DeWitt for the sizzling banter & tension. You With a View by Jessica Joyce for the emotional exploration of starting over. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez for acts of service as a love language. And Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen for the plus-size confidence.

Tropes of "Know You Better" and character images, stock, along with information about the characters. Sydney Sage Bennett: 30, Aquarius, Retail Ops Manager. Empathetic. Competitive. Amazing cook. Loves hockey. Sarcasm as a shield. Pilates girlie. Brunch is her love language. Poor spending habits. Younger sister. Sworn off relationships to focus on herself. Owen James Sutton: 31, Cancer, National Events Manager. Patient and loyal. Flirty. Loves hockey. Bottles everything up. Former company co-founder. Amazing dog dad. Acts of service. Takes care of his elderly neighbor. Older brother. Prone to emotional spill-overs.

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Laura Wilding @laurawilding.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAERIES X DIVINE RIVALS 📖 Cozy, light academia 🌿 Soft FMC studying nature-based magic 🌸 Hidden garden steeped in secrets 🏛️ Academic rivals-to-lovers 💌 Slow-burn romance 🍃 Legacy, ambition, and belonging #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

My Sister The Serial Killer X Such A Fun Age X Yellowface 💷Sterile wealth 💭Inner cynical monologues 🇬🇧UK vibes 🤰🏾Post maternity 🪞Identity and race Murdering your ex-boss is hard. Murdering him in his Chelsea mansion? 75% harder🔪 #questpit #W #A #T

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Paul doesn’t think it’s possible for good things to happen to him because he doesn’t deserve it #wippit #writingcommunity #editing

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Announcement! RevPit's Fall into Fiction is back and it will all take place here on Bluesky! We hope to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for fiction writers who are drafting, editing, or querying a novel this fall (11/3-21) #RevPit #RevPitFiF

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Fall into Fiction 2025

In November, RevPit is hosting Fall into Fiction, a minievent to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for f

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Why is Paul depressed? He’s the older brother who believes himself to be utterly unremarkable in a family of overachievers #wippit

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Editing and working on a mini guide to know what my book is all about. I know my design skills need help but it’s my WIP #writingcommunity #agentsguide

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Late to the game but I see I’ve been selected for #RevPit feedback and can’t believe it! Excited to have someone else explore the first few pages of my crazy mash of words I call a book 😅 #writingcommunity

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I want to do a mood board for my book but my design skills are a meh. Should I create Frankenstein’s monster anyway? 😂🤣

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Preparing a book to query is so much harder than I thought when you have absolutely no time to prepare 😬🤣

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Mommy just needs to take care of a little murder 🤰🏾🔪 Forced out of her job after maternity leave and full of repressed rage, Milly’s attempt to murder her pompous ex-boss in his Chelsea mansion don’t go according to plan. MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER X YELLOWFACE #DVPit #poc #fiction

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

📚SUCH A FUN AGE meets MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER 😵 🌸Crisp spring day in London 🛋️Chic, millionaire’s mansion 🍌A plethora of unassuming murder weapons 🤬A million reasons to want that gaslighting, ex-boss dead This black mother is ready…almost ready for murder. #DVPit #literaryfiction #satire #poc

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It never hurt to shoot your shot. At least that’s what I choose to believe

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Alicia is editing 🙈😅 @alibarwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🔪🎭 Murdering your exboss is hard. Murdering him in his Chelsea mansion? 75% harder.😑 A voice-driven satirical thriller that handles themes of race and identity as a new mother is forced out of her job after maternity leave. SUCH A FUN AGE meets MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER #DVPit #fiction #poc

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